GIAA AAAA/AAA District 3 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Friday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
John Robert Walker Tops All Others This Week
Starting off the list is Tiftarea Academy's John Robert Walker, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Walker wasn't messing around on Friday, throwing for 233 yards and four touchdowns on only 16 passes, while also rushing for 106 yards and two touchdowns. The match was his sixth straight with two or more rushing touchdowns dating back to last season.
Tiftarea Academy's win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1. Walker will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Brookwood on Friday.
Gamescore: 58.73
Tayt Snellgrove Delivers Electric Effort Vs Terrell Academy
Valwood found a leader in Tayt Snellgrove as the squad took down Terrell Academy on Friday. Snellgrove was unstoppable, throwing for 161 yards and four touchdowns on only 15 passes, while also rushing for 42 yards.
Valwood pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Snellgrove and Valwood will venture away from home to challenge Deerfield-Windsor at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 35.23
Deerfield-Windsor had to settle for second on Friday, but Cole Jones sure wasn't going down easily. Despite the defeat, Jones was still balling out as he made ten total tackles.
For the year, Jones has averaged 2.9 total tackles per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 63.63 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 134.5 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 29.95
Gabe Daniel Makes It Two for Deerfield-Windsor
Another Deerfield-Windsor player making an appearance on this list is Gabe Daniel. He picked up 88 receiving yards and a touchdown. He didn't just play on offense: he also made eight total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defended a pass.
On the year, Daniel has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 81.8 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 28.5 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 29.30
A Season-Best Performance from John Jackson Leads Tiftarea Academy over Deerfield-Windsor
On Friday, Tiftarea Academy got the W thanks in part to John Jackson playing the best football he has all season. Jackson picked up 143 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
On the season, Jackson has caught 6 touchdowns while averaging 84 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.30
Other Notable Players
- Jackson Johnson: 1 sack and 13 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 26.50)
- Triston White: 57 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 36 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.48)
- Dylan Harden: 81 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 20.60)
- Lane Sceals: 199 yards passing (Gamescore: 15.87)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
